The watch service continues a tradition that traces its roots to the night the Emancipation Proclamation was scheduled to ...

Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Rochester held a service on New Year's Eve honoring "Watch Night," the day that enslaved people ...

On the night of Dec. 31, 1862, under cover of darkness and winter cold, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered quietly across the country. As the Civil ...

New St. Johns Baptist Church leaders are holding a watch night service. You will be able to enter the New Year together in ...

Here are current cancellations for New Year’s Eve church services on December 31, 2025. First Born Apostolic Faith Church of God, 1221 W 19th St. Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 160 W 20th St.

Minutes after ringing in the New Year, a woman was leaving a late-night church gathering in New Bedford when she was fatally ...